鏡花水月

きょうかすいげつ

flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface, something that is visible but having no substance, the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words

鏡

かがみ

mirror, looking-glass

死花花

しかばな

paper flower for a funeral

鏡筒

きょうとう

lens-barrel, lens tube (e.g. of a telescope)

鏡台

きょうだい

dresser

鏡餅

かがみもち

mirror-shaped mochi, usu. a pair stacked in order of size with a daidai on top, used as a New Year offering, then cut and eaten on January 11.

鏡面

きょうめん

mirror surface

鼻鏡

はなかがみ びきょう はなきょう

nasal speculum

耳鏡

じきょう みみかがみ

otoscope, auriscope, auroscope

明鏡

めいきょう

clear mirror

水鏡

みずかがみ

reflective water surface, reflecting water

眼鏡

めがね がんきょう メガネ

spectacles, glasses

円鏡

えんきょう まるかがみ

round mirror

銅鏡

どうきょう

bronze mirror

胃鏡

いきょう

gastroscope

破鏡

はきょう

broken mirror, marital separation, divorce

神鏡

しんきょう

divine mirror, sacred mirror (one of the three sacred treasures)

鏡像

きょうぞう

reflected image, mirror image

膣鏡

ちつきょう ちつかがみ

vaginal speculum; colposcope